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    Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (1780–1860) was an Ottoman industrialist and statesman, who was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire twice under Mahmud II (reign...
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    The Babington Plot was a plan in 1586 to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I, a Protestant, and put Mary, Queen of Scots, her Catholic cousin, on the English...
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    Jamasp was an Iranian philosopher in the time of Zoroaster. Jamasp was the Grand Vizier of Gushtasp. The book Jamasp Namag is about him. دوستخواه، جلیل:...
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    A pink (French: pinque) is a sailing ship with a very narrow stern. The term was applied to two different types of ship. The first was a small, flat-bottomed...
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  • The Rome General Peace Accords, officially the General Peace Accords (Portuguese: Acordo Geral de Paz), was a peace treaty signed between the government...
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    Vinduyih (Middle Persian: Windōē) or Bendoy (Persian: بندوی) was a Sasanian nobleman from the Ispahbudhan family. His sister was the mother of Khosrau...
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  • Under the Ottoman Empire, an askeri (Ottoman Turkish: عسكري) was a member of a class of military administrators. This elite class consisted of three main...
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    Kathleen Eloise Rockwell (October 4, 1873/1876/1880 (year of birth disputed) – February 21, 1957), known as "Klondike Kate" and later known as Kate Rockwell...
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    Roman I (died March 1394) was Voivode of Moldavia from December 1391 to March 1394. He was the second son of Costea and Margareta Muşata (= "the beautiful"...
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  • The letter of introduction, along with the visiting card, was an important part of polite social interaction in the 18th and 19th centuries. It remains...
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    The Malayamān were chieftains who ruled Miladu Naadu, the area around Tirukkoyilur of Tamilakam, during the Sangam period. Chiefs of this dynasty readily...
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  • The Ecclesiastical Commission was an English court of enquiry established in July 1686 by James II under the Royal prerogative, and headed by Judge Jeffreys...
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    The Coat of arms of the Wakefield District was granted in 1990. Between 1974 and 1990, the council did not have arms that represented its governance of...
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    Parkenfestivalen is an outdoors festival that takes place in Bodø, Norway every year in August. This has been a tradition ever since 2006, and the festival...
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  • Charles-Edmond Perrin (18 October 1887 – 13 February 1974) was a French medieval historian, a professor at the University of Strasbourg and then the Sorbonne...
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  • Marie Hochmuth Nichols (1908–1978) was an influential rhetorical critic. Born in Dunbar, Pennsylvania in 1908, Marie Hochmuth Nichols attended the University...
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  • Robert Crichton, 6th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar, (died 1561) was the son of William Crichton, 5th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar and Elizabeth Fleming, daughter...
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  • John Cecil, 7th Earl of Exeter (c. 1700–1722) was an English peer and member of the House of Lords, styled Lord Burghley from 1721 to 1722. He inherited...
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  • The Processo Revolucionário Em Curso (English: Ongoing Revolutionary Process) is the period of the history of Portugal from the Carnation Revolution on...
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